St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-10
He Was Made Target for Several Shot
Guns and Allowed to Freeze
Nearly to Death.
Judge GilhIlan and the Tax Laws.
a Young Mans Sudden
Death After Fall.
Probation After Death--How the
Palace Grows--Varfous Lo-
cal Happenings.
SHOT 4ND FROZEN.

late Saturday night from Justice Bryant, Oh
Mendoza, stating that young man named
Patrick Meagher. from st. Paul,
was shot and wounded. In answer,
Chief Clark telegraphed back an in
quiry asking the circumstances, and sent
the telegram received over to Mr. O'Hallo-
ran, the undertaken on Sixth street, VINO
was known to be friend OF Meagher. Mr
O'Halloran drove at once to Mendoza, and
found his friend lying in the Justices Office
with both hands frozen and two gunshot
wounds. one in the left temple,
and another in the right leg below the
knee. He had lain there since o'clock in
the morning with little attention. Physiei-
ans were brought, and yesterday morning
Meagher was removed to ST. Joseph's
hospital, where he lay between life and
death all day, blood-poisoning having set
in as result of the wounds and lack of
proper treatment. He had been out OF his
head and suffering terribly, and the doctors
had little hope of his recovery at late hour
last night Nothing definite as to
who had committed the deed could
be learned from his delirious state
ment and the attending physician refused
20 let him talk. A reporter called upon
Mr.. OHalloran yesterday, but he knew
,erv little about the shooting, and had no
facts. Iii
A STRANGE STORY.
snd for some reason has been kept very
guet by the officials at Mendoza. Patrick
Aleagher was young man or
twenty-five years, born and reared in Ire
land. and came to this country only about
six years ago. He enlisted and served hon
orably in the United States Amy for five
wears. peing stationed at Fort Smelling. and
was honorably discharged. About three
months ago he came to ST. Paul and
took position as night watch
man in the new Bank of Minnesota build
ing, and served his employers we'll. He
was a handsome, Stalwart young fellow,
polished and gentenanly in his manners,
and so good-natured that no one who knew
him ever had any difficulty with him.
Meagher boarded at the corner OF Winter
street and Park avenue, and was
last seen there when he took his supper
that night at 6 o'clock. He put on his
coat as usual and started down town to go
on watch. From this point, just where
Patrick Meagher went or what he did can
only be coniectured. Presumably he took a
drink OF two of liquor, and possibly more,
when it is supposed he started out to Fort
Smelling puipOsing to see his old friends
among the soldiers, and lost his way. Be
tween the hours of II and II o'clock far
lner named Deer, living about mile and
a half south from Mendoza, was awakened
by rap on the door. and replying. found
Il Young man who proves to have been
Meagher He asked Farmer Deer in a
courteous way for place to stop over
night, saying he had lost his way. Farmer
Deer replied that he had no beds to spare.
and Meagher said if the farmer had no OBJ
ioetiohS he would sleep in the hay NOW in
T. f,,, tad
Meagher went out to the barn. A shor time
afterward Mr.. Deer saw him come out and
go away; and concluding that Meagher had
found it too cold in the hay, went
back to bed and thought no more
about it. At $50 o'clock Saturday
morning Meagher wounded and frozen,
and without sufficient wraps to keep out
the eOld was driven in an open sleigh to
MENDOZA, accompanied by Charles Wagon
etsch. Gustave BartZ and Herman Unrtch,
three German farmers who live close to-
gether. about half mile from the house of
Farmer Deer. They all admitted having shot
at Meagher. and telling a very slim
story of self defense were let 60 on their
own recognizance by Justice Bryant, to APP
pear for ain examination tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock. Fred MAGNETISM. a
brother of Charles. and living in the same
HAD BEEN CUT
and seriously injured by young Meagher,
and they say that it was in response to his
cries of murder" help" and the like
that all three farmers, living in separate
houses close by, awoke from their SAUNDERS
at Z O'Clock Saturday morning. and sieZing
their shOt-guns. ran out and fired at the
retreatng Meagher. bringing him down.
This is what they say, and on the strength
of this tale they were allowed, by the
officials at Mendoza, to go unshackled and
without bond. 1t seems a sort of informal
examination was held by Justice Bryant.
Saturday, and the stories of the three
gunners jotted down by the genial justice
for reference, were produced last night
when a reporter of the GLOBE called at his
residence in Mendoza Charles Wagon
etSch says that Meagher came first TO his
house about 2 o'clock in the morning. and
staid there about all hour and half Oh
two hours. Charles says Meagher asked
for chance to get warm, and he wa:
let in. when he asked fol
something to eat Charles was alone
in the house. and testified that he did al
he could for Meagher, because he ''wa
afraid of him." About 4 o'clock Saturday
morning Meagher left and went to Free
Wagonetschs house, when Charles recov
cred his courage and went to sleep, to b.
awakened by his brothers cry of ''mur
der" Fred Wagonetsch says that whel
Meagher came in he asked: ''DGes you
wife sleep up Stairs?" He thel
asked Fred if he had an,
whisky, and when answered il
the negative asked Fred for a quarter
Fred replied that he had no money, an
Waganetsch then said: ''Gve me all tn
money you've got" and reaching for cas-
knife on the table struck at Fred, VIII
grabbed his arm and pushed him off toward
She door, and when at the door Fred re
ceived blow on the head. which, he says
knocked him senseless. When he cam
to he
GAVE THE ALARM,
and his three neighbors, rising as one man
armed with Shot-gunS. came out and findin
Meagher down on the little lake near
the farm houses, according to their ow
testimony. fired the fatal shots, and cam
back to assist Fred Wagonetsch. Meaghe
fell, and lay on the ice. wounded in tw
places, for nearly two hours. when tn
Germans concluded he might be approache
without danger. and they strapped hi
frozen limbs together threw him into
sleigh and brought him to Mendoza
Justice Bryant says there were no wi
nesses to the affair except the intereste
parties. but AYERS that they are men
first-class reputation. But this opinion
not shared by many of the people of Il
town who know the men. and expression
of disgust at the laxity al
neglect of the justice in NJ
pushing an investigation were heal
among the laxative villagers la
night. David Hayes, who keeps groce
store, remarked to reporter:
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